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Stock Market Crash
The Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday. This is the beginning of the great depression. -
Mickey Mouse
The first Mickey Mouse comic strip appears in the New York Mirror newspaper -
Frankenstien
Frankenstein is released across theaters in the US -
Germany's new chancellor
Adolf Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany. -
King Kong
King Kong appears in theaters. A giant mechanical ape shares the spotlight with Fay Wray. -
Prohibition is repealed
The Twenty-First Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. Alcohol was legal again. -
The Dust Bowl
A drought that killed all grass in the Southern states. High winds picked massive amounts of topsoil. Blowing everywhere in the South. -
Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany -
Happy Birthday Grampa!
My grampa is born today -
Superman
The first issue of Superman is published. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is released, it is the highest grossing film of the decade. -
Happy Birthday Grandma!
My grandma was born today! -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbech is published. -
FDR is elected for his third term
Franklin Roosevelt is the first and last president to be elected for the third time. The election and WW II was considered the end of the Great Depression